Mission Bay fire

Water jets attempt to contain the massive blaze

The China Basin fire was a five-alarm fire[1] that occurred shortly before 5:00 p.m. on March 11, 2014, in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[2][3] The conflagration appeared to completely destroy Block 5, a 172-unit building,[4] part of Mega Blocks 360,[5] a US$227,000,000 apartment complex being developed by San Francisco-based BRE Properties Inc. at China Basin and Fourth Street.[6]

By the end of the day, the 150 firefighters dispatched to the event managed to mostly contain the fire. One firefighter sustained second-degree burns to the face and hands, and a fire chief sprained an ankle, but no other casualties were reported.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Breaking: 5-Alarm Fire Burning In Mission Bay Construction Site [Updates]". SFist.
  2. ↑ "Big San Francisco fire getting under control". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Nye, James. "Huge 6-ALARM fire visible across the city sends flames 40-feet into the sky as blaze breaks out on waterfront of San Francisco Bay". Mail Online.
  4. ↑ Fancher, Emily. "Five-alarm fire destroys half of BRE Properties' Mission Bay apartment complex". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Pritchett, Ken. "Massive fire destroys $227M high-rise construction project". KTVU. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Nelson, Katie. "San Francisco: Massive fire causes catastrophic damage to half-built apartment complex in Mission Bay". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "San Francisco Firefighters Mopping Up Massive Mission Bay Blaze". KQED. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

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